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"Tam o' Shanter" is a narrative poem written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1790, while living in Dumfries. First published in 1791, at 228 (or 224) lines it is one of Burns' longer poems, and employs a mixture of Scots and English .
Cutty-sark (18th century Scots for a short chemise or undergarment [1]) is a nickname given to Nannie, [citation needed] a fictional witch created by Robert Burns in his 1791 poem "Tam o' Shanter", after the garment she wore. In the poem, the erotic sight of her dancing in such a short clothing caused the protagonist Tam to cry out "Weel done ...
The English steel we could disdain, Secure in valour's station; But English gold has been our bane - Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! O would, ere I had seen the day That Treason thus could sell us, My auld grey head had lien in clay, Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace! But pith and power, till my last hour, I'll mak this declaration;
Tam O'Shanter, a barque (1829–1837) Tam o' shanter (cap), a Scottish hat; Tam O'Shanter Overture, an orchestral overture written by English composer Malcolm Arnold; Tam O' Shanter Inn, a 100-year-old Scottish-themed restaurant in Los Angeles, California; Tam O'Shanter solitaire, a variation of the Auld Lang Syne solitaire card game
The Alloway Auld Kirk, which dates back to the 16th century, [1] is a ruin in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland, celebrated as the scene of the witches' dance in the poem "Tam o' Shanter" by Robert Burns. The kirk ruins and William Burnes's grave
It was decided to create statues of Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnnie, characters from Burns's poem Tam o' Shanter; Thom, who resided with Auld, set to work on the life-size figures, which were hewn direct from the stone without a preliminary sketch. William Brown, tenant of Trabboch Mill, served as model for Tam; no one could be induced to sit ...
The ship was named after Cutty-sark, the nickname of the witch Nannie Dee in Robert Burns's 1791 poem Tam o' Shanter. The ship's figurehead, the original of which has been attributed to carver Fredrick Hellyer of Blackwall, is a stark white carving of a bare-breasted Nannie Dee with long black hair holding a grey horse's tail in her hand. [27]
A tam o' shanter (in the British military often abbreviated to ToS) or "tammie" is a name given to the traditional Scottish bonnet worn by men. The name derives from Tam o' Shanter , the eponymous hero of the 1790 Robert Burns poem.